On Sunday, Sept. 18, close to 90 OFCC supporters gathered for an open-carry picnic in Cleveland Heights' Forest Hills Park to celebrate OFCC's recent legal victory in that city. Some came from as far away as Columbus.

Earlier this month, OFCC was successful in forcing Cleveland Heights to repeal several gun ordinances that violated state law and placed untoward burdens on gun owners. OFCC's lawsuit was filed after the city had for years ignored OFCC's letters, emails and phone calls.

Fox8 News covered today's picnic, along with WTAM 1100-AM and the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Attendees had nice things to say about the event -- read their comments, and some interesting behind-the-scenes material, here.

Special thanks to everyone who brought food, soda and picnic supplies. In addition to grilled hotdogs, there was a beautiful variety of classy treats.

We'll soon try to post some captions for the photos below. Click "Read More" to see more photos!

WHERE: Cleveland Heights' Forest Hills Park (see map below -- click "Read More")
WHEN: 12:30pm until about 2:30pm
WHO: You and anyone else you want to bring. Kids welcome. Its a park!
WHAT: The Open Carry picnic is similar to an open carry walk, but instead of having a walk we've reseved the pavillions in Cleveland Heights and we're going to cook out hot dogs! Come join us!
ARMED: Sure. You're welcome to come carrying OPENLY or if you prefer, concealed. Come join us for a GREAT social event and help us make a point. Local news media is expected to attend in some fashion.
FOOD: We're going to grill out hotdogs FREE for anyone who wants to show up. You're welcome to bring snacks to share or anything else. (See the forums link below to see what others are bringing).
RSVP: Give us an idea of anticipated turn out for hot dogs. Simply click here to go to our Discussion Forums and cast a vote in the poll.

You're going to need an account on the forums to do that, but they're absolutely free to create. If you want to know why, read on:

Columbus mayor Mike Coleman is again in front of cameras blaming inanimate objects for the acts of human beings.

"There are too many damn guns on the streets, and now they are being pointed at police," said Coleman, according to yesterday's Columbus Dispatch. The newspaper noted he was banging his fist on a table during the remark.

Coleman's comment will be recognized by grammar experts as a manipulative use of the "passive voice," which is employed whenever the writer or speaker needs to hide the true subject of a sentence. For example, if Bob gave some flowers to Alice, we could use the passive voice to "hide" Bob by saying, "Some flowers were given to Alice."

The true subject of Coleman's sentence is "criminals," and the sentence would normally be written, "Criminals are now pointing guns at police." But Coleman invokes the sly passive voice: "Guns are being pointed at police." Now guns -- inanimate objects -- are the primary actors!

If only Coleman would join us in the adult world, where we tend to focus on human behavior, not inanimate objects, as the cause of social problems. If a driver falls asleep on the freeway, we don't blame his car for the resulting crash.

Coleman is like a child playing with a toy hammer who, after accidentally whacking his finger, screams to mommy, "That mean, bad hammer hit me!"

The largely foul, crime-ridden city of Columbus is overrun by thugs and outlaws. It's a problem that requires complex, long-term remediation. But since "complex" and "long-term" don't provide much political capital, Coleman routinely diverts the public's attention to a decoy issue: guns. It's the oldest scam in urban-American politics.

Coleman should take a lesson from Philadelphia mayor Michael A. Nutter, who, in a blistering speech on Aug. 7, told his city's thugs to put their hoodies down, pull their pants up, and act like men. He didn't blame guns -- or any other inanimate object -- for the behavior of people.